Having finished two quarters of Steinberghof’s seriously good wine and waiting for the third, I saw the former president of...
A bit of history first. Once upon a time, there was a place called Strandcafe, which served spare ribs. It’s...
They do gingerbread here. The type that is heart-shaped and can have any text on it you like (apart from...
Thickly-cut Surbraten, Schweinsbraten, Geselchtes and Speck – what else can one’s heart desire? Certainly not a blood sausage (also included),...
I have a soft spot for Plutzer Bräu, having had a few late Martini geese there over the past years....
There was a time when eating a Brettljause was nothing more but a side effect of travelling to some nice...
2016 was the year when I finally visited the last of the Mostbaron Heurigers – the elite group of Most...
First, there was Wein und Co, the wine store chain. Then they put a few tables in one of their...
All’s well that ends well, they say. I don’t know how this year is going to end, but it certainly...
With 2016 over and gone for good, and the shocks like the Brexit, Trump, and the untimely demise of Long...
It started as a year of average geese, as the undisputed leader of the past years, Schiefer Giebel, managed to...
Innsbruck’s historical center is very compact. So compact, in fact, that after the initial couple of hours of getting lost...













